In many ways Battlestar Galactica is as
much a biblical story as a space saga. Interspersed
between fights and battles, there lies Messiah's, talk of
gods, and a search for salvation. Commander Adama is much
like Noah and his rag tag fleet represents the collection
of animals that Noah sought to save after the great flood
destroyed the world. The great flood of the Battlestar
series is of course the great Cylon attack that wiped out
the human colonies and sent man fleeing to the stars in
search of survival. Much as in the bible many human
languages were created to prevent evil from ruling the
world; in Galactica many colonies have been created and
even Adama does not know the way to the source of all
human life; Earth. So in this way human knowldge and
communication abilities are decentralized according to
both the bible and in Galactica. If man himself doesen't
know the way to his own homeworld it makes it difficult
for the cylons to destroy it just like having a thousand
langues on Earth would make it hard for a devil or
charlatan to spread lies during biblical times.

The
Cylons themselves live on a planet named Gamoray. This
itself is named after the famed biblical city that was
destroyed by God for its sin. In the Galactica saga with
the aid of Commander Kain in the Living Legend man reins
hell down on the capital city much as hell was reined
down on Gamoray according to the bible. Even after nearly
conquering the universe, in the Cylons have their
judgement day during this attack.

In the bible angels are mythical creatures of power,
and disguise. In Galactica they appear as beings of white
light that have power over life and death. They resurrect
Apollo when he appears to be dead and do battle with
Lucifer when boundaries are overstepped. In life and in
death the characters of Galactica live as beings of names
from the stars. There is Apollo, Cassipio, and Aurora
which all represent man's early interest in celestial
object and names based on things in nature. To name a
person for an object of nature has been a common practice
for North American Indian religions, and human religions
of many cultures and periods. In Galactica through names
and birth individuals proclaim their faith in the heavens
through personal names.

The fatal peace treaty with the Cylon's that man signs
because it seemed a good idea is much like the forbidden
fruit that seemed like a good idea to the biblical Adam.
Man lowers his guard and his promience in the universe
and his innocence is what is ultimately lost. By the end
of the Battlestar saga man has faced down the devil in
space, and shared knowledge and wisdom to lesser cultures
throughout the cosmos. In Galactica men became like gods
as they learned the power to help cultures develop on
Terra, and in areas under Eastern Alliance rule. After
witnessing man's own destruction before the cylons, man
learns to intervene and help prevent nuclear annihilation
on another world.

Of course throughout the saga, Baltar serves as the
ultimate antichrist that everyone loves to hate. Scheming
to eradicate his own race he is consuled by the devil
himself. Summing up in Galactica there exists Baltar the
antichrist, Count Iblis the Devil, Commander Adama as
Noah, and Apollo as a Jesus figure that dies and is then
resurrected. Through such characters there exists a great
migration of man, a peace treaty which is a great
forbidden fruit, a resurrection after death, and numerous
heroes and villains that fight the battles of good versus
evil. And isn't that in essence what the Bible is a story
of.